WAS DROWNED WHILE HELPING OTHERS.
Per Press Association. ROTORUA, June 4. The body of the last victim, Gustave Wolfgram, of the Rotorua tragedy, was recovered yesterday. An inquest was held to-day and a verdict of accidental death by drowning was returned. The evidence showed that deceased was divested of his heavy military overcoat. Reports that cries were heard over a p-.oionged period suggest that deceased remained trying to help his comrades, who were not swimmers. The boat was a cranky craft and unsafe in a seaway.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17865, 5 June 1926, Page 2
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